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Fiddler’s Fortunes

Fiddler’s Fortunes

The Mighty Afterlife of a Broadway Musical

Sunday, April 6, 2014 2:00 pm

Its songs have been performed at sacred ceremonies and incorporated into hip-hop hits. It has inspired religious conversion and secular satire. It has been lauded as one of the most finely wrought works for the Broadway stage and treated as a historical document.

Since its blockbuster stage debut in 1964, Fiddler on the Roof has served an astonishing range of cultural purposes. Alisa Solomon, author of Wonder of Wonders: A Cultural History of Fiddler on the Roof, discussed where this beloved musical came from, where it has gone, and why it is still relevant today.